Homogeneous Einstein metrics on Stiefel manifolds
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چکیده
A Stiefel manifold VkR n is the set of orthonormal k-frames inR, and it is diffeomorphic to the homogeneous space SO(n)/SO(n−k). We study SO(n)-invariant Einstein metrics on this space. We determine when the standard metric on SO(n)/SO(n−k) is Einstein, and we give an explicit solution to the Einstein equation for the space V2R.
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